| Event: | Men's middleweight weightlifting |
| Games: | 1928 Summer |
| Date: | 29 July |
| Competitors: | 23 |
| Nations: | 15 |
| Gold: | Roger François |
| Goldnoc: | FRA |
| Silver: | Carlo Galimberti |
| Silvernoc: | ITA |
| Bronze: | Guus Scheffer |
| Bronzenoc: | NED |
| Prev: | 1924 |
| Next: | 1932 |
The men's middleweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the third-lightest contested, and allowed weightlifters of up to 75 kilograms (165 pounds). The competition was held on Sunday, 29 July 1928.[1]
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in kilograms) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | Press | 103.5 |  Roger François | Paris (FRA) | 1928 |
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| Snatch | 104.5 |  Hans Haas | Vienna (AUT) | 1927 | |
| Clean & Jerk | 142.5 | Karl Hipfinger | Vienna (AUT) | 1927 | |
| Total | 330 | Karl Hipfinger | Vienna (AUT) | 1927 | |
| Olympic Record | Press | 97.5 |  Carlo Galimberti | Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 |
| 97.5 |  Ahmed Samy | Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 | ||
| Snatch | 95 | Carlo Galimberti | Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 | |
| Clean & Jerk | 127.5 | Carlo Galimberti | Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 | |
| 127.5 |  Jaan Kikkas | Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 | ||
| Total | 320(*) | Carlo Galimberti | Paris (FRA) | 23 July 1924 |
(*) Originally a five lift competition.
All four Olympic records were improved in this competition. Carlo Galimberti set a new world record in press with 105 kilograms. Guus Scheffer set a new world record in snatch with 105 kilograms. In the total of the three lifts at first Carlo Galimberti set a new world record with 332.5 kilograms only to be improved by Roger François with 335 kilograms.
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| 92.5 | 100 | 102.5 | 95 | 100 | 102.5 | 125 | 130 | X (135) | 335 | ||||
| 97.5 | 102.5 | 105 | 92.5 | 97.5 | X (100) | 130 | X (135) | X (135) | 332.5 | ||||
| 92.5 | X (97.5) | 97.5 | 95 | 100 | 105 | X (125) | 125 | X (130) | 327.5 | ||||
| 4 | 82.5 | X (87.5) | 87.5 | 100 | X (105) | X (105) | 125 | 130 | 135 | 322.5 | |||
| 5 | 85 | 90 | 92.5 | 90 | X (95) | 95 | 115 | 120 | 125 | 312.5 | |||
| 6 | 85 | 90 | X (92.5) | 90 | 95 | X (100) | 120 | X (127.5) | X (130) | 305 | |||
| 7 | 90 | X (95) | X (95) | 92.5 | X (97.5) | X (97.5) | 120 | X (125) | X (125) | 302.5 | |||
| 8 | X (77.5) | 92.5 | X (97.5) | X (82.5) | X (85) | 85 | X (115) | 115 | X (120) | 292.5 | |||
| 9 | 87.5 | 92.5 | X (95) | X (85) | 85 | X (90) | X (107.5) | X (107.5) | 107.5 | 285 | |||
| 70 | X (75) | 75 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 110 | 115 | 120 | 285 | ||||
| 11 | X (77.5) | 77.5 | X (82.5) | 82.5 | 87.5 | X (90) | 110 | 115 | X (120) | 280 | |||
| 75 | 80 | X (85) | 80 | 85 | X (90) | 110 | 115 | X (120) | 280 | ||||
| 13 | 82.5 | X (87.5) | X (87.5) | X (85) | X (85) | 85 | 110 | X (125) | X (125) | 277.5 | |||
| 77.5 | 82.5 | 87.5 | 77.5 | 82.5 | 85 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 110 | 277.5 | ||||
| 15 | 80 | X (85) | X (87.5) | 80 | X (85) | X (85) | 110 | 115 | X (120) | 275 | |||
| 85 | X (90) | X (90) | X (82.5) | X (85) | 85 | 97.5 | 105 | X (107.5) | 275 | ||||
| 17 | 70 | X (75) | X (75) | 80 | X (85) | 85 | 110 | 115 | X (120) | 270 | |||
| 18 | 70 | X (75) | X (75) | 77.5 | 82.5 | X (87.5) | 105 | 110 | X (115) | 262.5 | |||
| 82.5 | 87.5 | X (90) | 90 | 95 | X (100) | X (117.5) | X (117.5) | X (117.5) | - | ||||
| 82.5 | X (87.5) | X (87.5) | 95 | X (100) | X (100) | X (130) | X (130) | X (130) | - | ||||
| X (77.5) | X (82.5) | 82.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| X (70) | X (70) | X (70) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| X (80) | X (80) | X (80) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||